I have a question regarding multiple E/M visits post/op of surgery. It looks like I have a surgery that was performed by physician X (which I don't have) then physician Y sees the patient- looks to be a full inpatient consultation, then physician Z sees the patient the next day and also does a full inpatient consultation. Can I code these inpatient consultants by physician Y and Z- different days after her surgery that was done by physician x? Or are their consultants considered global? It looks like the surgeon requested the post-op medical care...
thoughts?
thoughts?